On August 1st, some friends and I started a daily journey through the Psalms...taking the meandering route of just one Psalm a day : ) If we stay on track, we'll finish right as this years ends. Probably doesn't sound overly exciting...here's the catch. We are asking God to lead us into reflection and prayer for each other based on those Psalms.

For years, part of the morning routine was to start with the Psalm(s) of the day- 1, 31, 61, 91, 121; then the Proverb of the day and finish off with a reading from the New Testament. Through those years, certain days and Psalms intersected events and seasons of my life in ways that carry with them many memories.

Like Psalm 29, where the focus is on the voice of the Lord being over the water. One of the times I read it was June 29, 1998, in the Fincantieri Shipyards near Venice, Italy on board the Disney Magic... which was departing the next day- headed across the Atlantic for the first time.

The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic. Psalm 29: 3-4

These words also bring my friends Jean and Richard to mind. They were guests on the trip (their daughter was a key executive) and I met them- only to learn learn later how deep their roots in Christ went. Richard would circle the ship, praying for us, many of whom he did not know- daily for those 11 days.

This week, let's let God take us back to those places in Scripture that intersect our memories each time we read or hear them.

Then reflect upon and express to God how faithful He is in every detail of our lives...with or without our awareness or knowledge of His works on our behalf.